European University Cyprus

School Description

European University Cyprus is actively engaged with local, regional and global partners to promote opportunities for long-term strategic research partnerships and innovative programs of study.

Welcome to European University Cyprus, a University that holds a very special place in Cyprus and in the region of Southeastern Europe. It is an innovative institution defined by its dynamic integration of advanced educational programs, pioneering research, and extensive engagement with community, industry, and society. Moreover, our outstanding learning and teaching that promotes and enhances employability, as well as state-of-the-art infrastructures, contribute to the overall objective that European University Cyprus is known nationally and internationally as one of the leading institutions of higher education. That is why European University Cyprus forms an essential part of the social and economic fabric of the region of Southeastern Europe. By integrating teaching and research as well as experiential learning in the curricula and practical field work, our Academic Model makes an enhanced student education environment a core part of our operation. As a result, our students obtain both valuable workplace knowledge and civic consciousness.

Our high-quality faculty – with scholarly international experience - is committed to participating and contributing to the knowledge-based society. Additionally, European University Cyprus is consistently one of the most innovatively inclusive of the region of Southeastern Europe’s universities with a persistent commitment to providing a novel ground in development learning practices or/and professional paths forged by our pioneering academic environment. In today’s economic climate, it is even more vital for students to apply for a high-status University that is the No1 choice for synergy or cooperation with prestigious corporations or/and organizations. Microsoft, for instance, has selected the European University Cyprus to cooperate, launch and operate the “Microsoft Innovation Center” (MIC). It is the only one MIC in Cyprus and among the 100+ Microsoft Innovation Centers (MICs) worldwide that create a network of state-of-the-art technology facilities for collaboration on innovative research, technology and software solutions, involving a combination of government, academic, and industry participants.

European University Cyprus is one of the top universities internationally for attracting students from around the world. The many prospects for our students to study abroad and incorporate an international academic experience into their university education further enriches the student experience at European University Cyprus. At European University Cyprus, we aim to make quality higher education accessible and affordable so more students can pursue their dreams. It’s a mission we believe will help make the world a better place.

VISION

To be a leading university in the region, offering excellence in teaching, research, and student support

MISSION

Educate our students for successful and fulfilling careers Understand and serve the needs of our society Create knowledge through research and innovation

MA

The Master of Arts program in ‘Early Childhood Education’ provides candidates with an in-depth specialization in the field of education of 3 to 8-year-olds and helps shape their professional expertise. Masters students are equipped to assess education theories and recent research, to engage in their own research and attain the capacity to seek a doctoral qualification.
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The Master of Arts program in ‘Early Childhood Education’ provides candidates with an in-depth specialization in the field of education of 3 to 8-year-olds and helps shape their professional expertise. Masters students are equipped to assess education theories and recent research, to engage in their own research and attain the capacity to seek a doctoral qualification. They will be given the opportunity to become involved and to take a critical stand in the latest discussions of the trends and practices in the field at a local and international level.

Objectives & Outcomes

General Objectives

The course provides the educators with the potential of a profound understanding and specialization in the field of Early Childhood Education, by creating the appropriate circumstances that enable the teachers to redefine their professional identity or/and have the potential to continue their studies on a doctoral level....
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The ‘Education Leadership’ program aims to develop essential knowledge and skills in the theory and practice of management and leadership in education. Students are expected to attain competence across a spectrum of relevant subject areas and themes, including innovation in schools; education and technology; communication and conflict resolution; organizational culture and resource management; public policy; systems of inspection and review; and the philosophy of leadership in education.
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The ‘Education Leadership’ program aims to develop essential knowledge and skills in the theory and practice of management and leadership in education. Students are expected to attain competence across a spectrum of relevant subject areas and themes, including innovation in schools; education and technology; communication and conflict resolution; organizational culture and resource management; public policy; systems of inspection and review; and the philosophy of leadership in education.

The MA in ‘Special (Inclusive) Education’ provides students with the knowledge and skills to support the inclusion of special needs children and adults in education. The program offers insight into education policy and practice, encouraging students to consider the challenges and solutions to ensuring greater inclusion. Students gain an understanding of a range of impairments, along with the skills to meet special educational needs in mainstream institutions of learning.
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The MA in ‘Special (Inclusive) Education’ provides students with the knowledge and skills to support the inclusion of special needs children and adults in education. The program offers insight into education policy and practice, encouraging students to consider the challenges and solutions to ensuring greater inclusion. Students gain an understanding of a range of impairments, along with the skills to meet special educational needs in mainstream institutions of learning. Courses also include research methods, the use of technology in the inclusive classroom, and wider social issues related to disability.

The Master of Arts program in ‘Technologies of Learning and Communication’ is geared to prepare educators and administrators in the field to acquire expert knowledge and training in new technologies in Learning and Communication. It seeks to nurture the skills and in depth understanding of this fast changing field to allow candidates to explore and implement contemporary learning methods, tools and contexts and promote the utilization of new technologies in teaching and learning.
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The Master of Arts program in ‘Technologies of Learning and Communication’ is geared to prepare educators and administrators in the field to acquire expert knowledge and training in new technologies in Learning and Communication. It seeks to nurture the skills and in-depth understanding of this fast-changing field to allow candidates to explore and implement contemporary learning methods, tools and contexts and promote the utilization of new technologies in teaching and learning.

Employment Opportunities

Educators and Administrators will be able to employ their new skills and expertise in the context of public and private education and/or undertake further research in the field....
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MSc

The program provides advanced knowledge of all important fields of Computer Science, such as modern networks, database systems, algorithms and complexity and software engineering, enabling the student to delve in at least one of them.
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The program provides advanced knowledge of all important fields of Computer Science, such as modern networks, database systems, algorithms and complexity and software engineering, enabling the student to delve in at least one of them.

During the development of the program, the students learn how to analyze complex problems, exploit theoretical and practical advances for developing high-quality solutions. At the end of the program, the student may follow a highly productive and promising career in industry or/and a successful Ph.D. degree.

Objectives & Outcomes

General Objectives

To provide education leading to an academic degree, namely a Master of Science in Computer Science.
To develop the student’s capacity to think, write and speak effectively and creatively.
To develop the student’s analytical, decision-making and communication competencies together with those qualities of self-reliance, responsibility, integrity, and self-awareness which will promote personal achievement and contribution to organizations.
To obtain a good grounding in advanced topics in Computer Science through the core subjects and attain specialization through the elective courses.
To provide the student with the advanced skills, necessary for further advancement in an academic and/or professional career.
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The MSc in Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) is a comprehensive and in-depth course covering the management, economic, legal and technical aspects that relate to the hazards of the workplace environment. It is targeted at graduates with an engineering, numerical, business, psychology or health-related background and seeks to provide the basis for students to be able to define and explore their chosen Master Thesis.
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The MSc in Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) is a comprehensive and in-depth course covering the management, economic, legal and technical aspects that relate to the hazards of the workplace environment. It is targeted at graduates with an engineering, numerical, business, psychology or health-related background and seeks to provide the basis for students to be able to define and explore their chosen Master Thesis.

Objectives & Outcomes

General Objectives

To develop in students a detailed understanding of the key concepts underpinning occupational safety and health;
To provide an in-depth knowledge of the manner in which employers may achieve and maintain high standards of occupational safety and health;
To provide a Postgraduate program in Safety Management to students from a diverse academic and professional background (engineering, management, psychology, health);
To ensure that students understand the locus of OHS within Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Governance and the need to integrate the management of safety and health into all levels of responsibility in an undertaking;
To ensure that students understand the need to approach occupational safety and health risks primarily through the use of preventative means
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This is an applied program with an option to follow one of the two specializations (clinical or counseling) in the profession of Psychology. It leads to a Master of Science degree (MSc) that allows for professional licensure in the Republic of Cyprus. It is focused on preparing the candidates to be able to apply psychological assessment, diagnostic formulations, and psychotherapeutic interventions.
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This is an applied program with an option to follow one of the two specializations (clinical or counseling) in the profession of Psychology. It leads to a Master of Science degree (MSc) that allows for professional licensure in the Republic of Cyprus. It is focused on preparing the candidates to be able to apply psychological assessment, diagnostic formulations, and psychotherapeutic interventions.

Objectives & Outcomes

General Objectives

The objective of the program is to train professionals based on the practitioner-scientist model of training. This will prepare the candidate to function as a professional psychologist who is able to deliver psychological services to clients in the context of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders. Furthermore, the program prepares the candidate to function as a scientist and execute scientific work in areas of psychological research and practice....
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Master

The program seeks to provide a high level of scientific knowledge to prepare qualified scientists who will help individuals in career planning, professional and educational guidance, and in career development and growth.
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The program seeks to provide a high level of scientific knowledge to prepare qualified scientists who will help individuals in career planning, professional and educational guidance, and in career development and growth.

Employment Opportunities

Career Guidance and Counselling in the public and private education sector, Youth and Employment Programs, Human Resource sector, freelance consultant.

The Master of Music program in ‘Music Education’ provides candidates with a comprehensive study of the theory, latest research, and skills that shape this specialization as well as the capacity to explore the broader significance of Music Education within the contemporary social context.
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The Master of Music program in ‘Music Education’ provides candidates with a comprehensive study of the theory, latest research, and skills that shape this specialization as well as the capacity to explore the broader significance of Music Education within the contemporary social context.

Objectives & Outcomes

General Objectives

The program aims to:

Offer a broad and comprehensive graduate program in Music Education.
Provide students with the extensive and diverse knowledge, skills, experiences and attitudes in the area of Music Education.
Create the conditions for students to participate in and develop musical and pedagogical activities of the highest level, within a range of contemporary educational settings.
Enable students to develop critical thinking and participate in research projects related to the teaching and learning of music, both within and outside of the school environment, at a national and international level and combining a range of formal and informal teaching strategies.
Enable students to develop expertise in research in the area of Music Education.
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